Changes at War Times
Dear readers and friends, Events from Iraq, Syria and Gaza to Ferguson and the U.S-Mexico border underscore why work against war and militarism rooted in a "race, class and gender" analysis is needed more than ever. So we wish we were writing to announce expansion of War Times efforts. Unfortunately ...
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu U.N. Assembly Address
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.N. General Assembly. He compared Hamas to the terrorist group *ISIS, saying the two “share branches of the same poisonous tree” and have similar ambitions of “world domination.” He was also highly critical of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. *The Is ...
UK Carries Out First Airstrikes in Iraq - Wall Street Journal
BBC News | UK Carries Out First Airstrikes in Iraq Wall Street Journal LONDON—Britain's Royal Air Force carried out its first strikes in Iraq on Tuesday, destroying an Islamic State arsenal and a machine gun-mounted vehicle, the Ministry of Defense said. Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday secured parliamentary ... RAF jets strike first IS targets in IraqBBC News British special forces in Iraq 'carry chemical suits as ISIS feared planning ...Daily Mail UK jets launch first attacks against ISIS in IraqRT New York Daily News -Telegraph.co.uk -Jerusalem Post all 694 news articles » |
British military conducts first airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq - CNN
CNN | British military conducts first airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq CNN Irbil, Iraq (CNN) -- The United Kingdom said it conducted its first airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq on Tuesday, striking targets four days after Parliament voted to approve the country's involvement. British planes helped Kurdish troops who were ... Britain Launches First Strikes Against ISIS in IraqNBCNews.com Iraq crisis: British jets drop bombs on Isis, helping Kurdish fighters ...The Independent Poll: 70% of troops say no more boots on ground in IraqAlexandria Town Talk WJXT Jacksonville all 51 news articles » |
US signs pact for troops to stay in Afghanistan while questions linger about Iraq withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After lengthy delays, U.S. and Afghan officials signed a security pact Tuesday to keep American troops in Afghanistan beyond year's end, aiming to prevent the country from descending into the kind of chaos that has plagued Iraq following ...
Kurds seize Iraq-Syria border post from Islamic State; Sunni tribe joins fight
Erbil, Iraq/Mursitpinar, Turkey: Iraqi Kurdish troops drove Islamic State fighters from a strategic border crossing with Syria on Tuesday and won the support of members of a major Sunni tribe, in one of the biggest successes since US forces began bombing ...
